: longer rear brake line


stadlerm
02-12-2002, 06:30 PM
I need a cheap alternetive for some more length. The Napa 36537 line is about 4-6" too short, but is a little longer than the RE ss line I've got now. Where can you buy a length of ss line with a female and male adapter?
mike

KAcrawler
02-13-2002, 11:25 PM
there has to be a place in your area that can make you some custom lenght brake lines. me all of my buddies go to a local detroit diesel place and they can make just about anything.

WideJ
02-13-2002, 11:43 PM
Just pull the hard line down to the bottom of the frame and weld on a little bracket (if its for the front) you'll get like 4 more inches

Or cut the bracket that holds the rear brake line to the frame and yank the hard line down... Its ghetto, but it works.

What application? Extended brake line kits are $90.

WheelingPiazza
02-14-2002, 11:48 AM
I just made a bracket for mine and moved it bellow the rear crossmemeber, I also ran a six in chevy SS line as well..

Boggerdust
02-14-2002, 12:47 PM
Just take your old one to a shop that does hydraulic hoses. They can make them anyway you want. I would just say it's hydraulic (not auto) because some places are sticky about DOT stuff.

cherokee pete
02-14-2002, 06:26 PM
the stock rear flex line runs off the drivers side to the axle between the wheel and the pumkin, good place to catch a stick or other debris and get ripped off on the trail, move the hard line over to the centre, drop the stock flex line directly from the centre of the floor to the diff pot, and buy new hard lines that run accross the axle tubes to the wheel cylinders, $3.00 each. (approx) so $10.00 including fluid and your done, you wont need a longer flex line cause the axle pivots in the centre, you only need to worry if you have more than 7 inches of lift or jumping and getting the wheels off the ground.

bluesman2a
02-14-2002, 07:13 PM
http://www.amstreetrod.com/catalog.html

has a complete list of all the Earl's stuff. braided hoses good for 1500-2000# they also have AN/IF adapters and T blocks for brakes. You should be able to put anything together you need.

NOT DOT approved, but still quality stuff.